Banana Cream Pie

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 tsp table salt
• 2 1/2 cups whole milk
• 3 large egg yolks, beaten
• 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 (9-in) pie crust, baked and cooled
• 3 medium ripe but firm bananas, sliced 1/4 in thick
• 1 cup heavy cream, cold
• 2 Tbsp powdered sugar

Before you start

• Bake a 9-in pie crust and let it cool.

Directions

1. Whisk in a saucepan: sugar, cornstarch, table salt, whole milk.
2. Cook over medium, stirring, until thick and bubbly: step 1.
3. Temper in, then simmer 2 min, stirring: step 2, egg yolks.
4. Stir in off the heat: step 3, unsalted butter, vanilla extract.
5. Cover the surface and chill 30 min: step 4.
6. Layer bananas and custard in the crust: step 5, pie crust, ripe but firm bananas.
7. Whip to soft peaks: heavy cream, powdered sugar.
8. Spread over the pie, chill 4 hr until set: step 6, step 7.